Re: Is a tie in a major event a good thing or a bad thing?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Regina Litman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I realize I'm requesting some off-topic stuff here, but since I don't 
> follow either golf or college sports, can someone please fill me in on 
> what Ubiquitous Bob is referring to here, as well as what happened in a 
> Arkansas-Kentucky game someone referred to in a later message?


   It was football.

   Current college football rules provide for unlimited overtimes.  Each 
team gets one possession, starting on the opponent's 25 yard-line, in 
each overtime (analogous to extra innings in baseball, except the teams 
take turns "batting" first).  Play continues until an overtime ends with 
something other than a tied score.  [I believe that, starting with the 
third overtime, a team which scores a touchdown must attempt a two-point 
conversaion.]

   FWLIW, I hate the overtime rule.  I believe that ties are, and should 
be, part of college football (and also hockey).